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USA has Invaded or Overthrown more Sovereign Countries than Any Other Nation in the Last 100 Years (medium.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by theHRguy@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

You can take the brit out of England, but you can't take England out of the brit.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's done a lot of things more than any other nation in the last 100 years.

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

MURICA NUMBER 1 BY GOD! FUCK YEAH!

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

USA!! USA!!

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Including itself 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The article is generally correct but I'd like to offer one glaring correction right at the top of the article.

The United States [used to] love~~s~~ to wrap itself in the flag of democracy and freedom.

They don't do that anymore.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

It's never been true. But you can bet they're gonna keep on selling that idea. So I see where the writer of the article is coming from